Doreen Needham Email & Phone Number

Romeoville, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

At NTT DATA, we help simplify the complexity of your digital transformation. A top 10 leader in IT and business services, we are part of the NTT group of companies – with innovation at the heart of our culture.

Plainfield, Illinois, United States

Working with multiple companies sourcing candidates for their technical and financial pipelines. In addition, providing pro bono resume writing for individuals affected by recent lay-offs and furloughs.

Naperville, Il

Reveal serves medium- to large-size SAP-centric organizations, enabling them to run more efficiently. To accomplish this, it leverages its proprietary ongoing Value optimization® (oVo®) methodology and offers companies the ability to sustainably improve their supply chain operations. Responsible for hiring fulltime employees and SAP contractors for all internal and project positions globally. Meets with hiring managers to understand positions.Sources candidates using various methods.Posts job descriptions on the internet through the company website, job boards, social networking, etc. Performs interview's with candidates, create and maintain relationships, move candidate's through entire hiring process, check references, manage PI's, maintain Applicant tracking System, constantly communicate with all Associate Partners, Senior Partners, Project Managers, Account Managers and Sales team.

Burr Ridge, Illinois

Blade Technologies was established in 1999 as a telecommunications industry consulting firm, dealing in both wireline and wireless technology, providing solutions for both consumer and business clients. We are full partners with over 20 service providers in the telecommunications industry. Blade Technologies provides services in wireless communication, wireline communication, voice over internet protocol, Data transmission, and network engineering. We further provide a means for clients to purchase wireless devices, and sell equipment for wireless communication, voice over internet protocol, and the rest of the above services.• Responsible for all customer care in regards to telecom and network services.• Sold Telecommunication services to new customers.• Developed marketing materials for all services provided.• Extensive training with Sprint, AT&T and Microsoft.• Responsible for extensive cold-calling to prospective clients.• Provided support for current customers for any telecommunication issues and/or adding new services.• Recruited and hired all technical staff to provide staffing and services to our clients.

Vernon Hills

CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, education and healthcare.• Responsible for sourcing full-time employees to work in CDW’s Advanced Technology division.• Utilized Taleo for candidate tracking.• Performed advanced internet searches using LinkedIn, Advanced Boolean Searches, Networking, Cold-Calling, Web Ferrets, Flip Searches, Network Groups and Blogging.• Performed initial phone interview with potential candidates for the Advance Technology Division of CDW.• Heavily sources Cisco Unified Communications Solutions Architects, Project Managers, Application Developers and Cisco Network Engineers.

Lisle, Illinois

SmartSignal solutions protect over 5,000 assets in the Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Aviation and Pulp and Paper industries. By employing SmartSignal technology and services, major oil fields, pipelines and over 300 plants eliminate billions of dollars of equipment and process problems each year.Senior recruiter for the following positions: Customer Performance Engineers, Application Engineers, Senior Developers, Application Developers, System Architects, Cisco Engineers, Power Industry Domain Experts, Oil & Gas industry Specialists, Power Industry Project Managers, APC Analysts, Solutions Architects, Sales Directors and Project Managers.• Heavily utilized LinkedIn, Monster, Dice, Yahoo Groups, CI Radar, Networking, Craigslist, Blogs, Energy Boards, Cold calling from refinery lists, Spoke and Boolean Searches.• Responsible for sourcing, initial interview, coordination and facilitation of interviews, checking references and negotiating offers with all hires.• Managed all job postings on recruiting boards, user groups, company website and all other social media outlets.• Built weekly sourcing and recruiting reports for Executive Meetings.• Worked with Vice Presidents, Directors and hiring managers to evaluate needs and prioritize open positions.• Coordinated the scheduling of interviews with up to 6 internal employees and Executives.• Responsible for handling first level Human Resource issues and request for 90+ employees.• Administration of Health, Dental, STD, LDT and Life Insurance plans, COBRA, VSP and Financial plans for all employees.• Managed payroll for the company utilizing ADP.• Developed and documented recruiting process from when a position is open throughout to the start date of the employee.• Developed and managed all Human Resource files which included benefits information, performance reviews, compensation information, taxes, etc.• Entered all information for new hires in ADP/HRB and managed the information.

Evanston, Illinois

• Responsible for new hire orientation, training, conducting reference checks, pre-employment background and drug screening.• Developed and maintained relationship with consultants and future candidates.• Heavily utilized Networking, Internal database (Taleo), job boards, user groups and internet to source candidates.• Worked with outside agencies/temporary services negotiating terms. • Source and recruit technical candidates for open positions globally.• Developed, posted and managed all job postings.• Negotiated salaries for potential employees and hourly rates for hourly employees and independent contractors.• Re-designed and documented the companies recruiting policies and procedures.• Developed and documented the Preferred Vendor Program for all recruiters to follow.• Heavily recruited the following skills/positions: System Architects, SAP Technical and Functional, Oracle developers, PeopleSoft Technical and Functional consultants, EDI, .Net, Java, Quality Assurance, LAN/WAN, Networking, Business Intelligence, Business Objects, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Technical Architects and developers of all levels.

Westchester, Illinois

• Developed and maintained relationships with large database of candidates.• Developed and maintained relationships with consultants and preferred vendors.• Used networking, job boards, database, networking, user groups and internet to find candidates.• Successfully provided technical candidates for our Fortune 1000 clients throughout the Chicago land area.• Negotiated and offered hourly rates and salaries to potential employees/hires.• Provided on-going support and managed consultants that were on assignment.• Heavily recruited the following skills/positions: System Architects, SAP Technical and Functional, Oracle developers, PeopleSoft Technical and Functional consultants, EDI, .Net, Java, Quality Assurance, LAN/WAN, Networking, Business Intelligence, Business Objects, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Technical Architects and developers of all levels.Major Accomplishments: Awarded a fully paid trip to Europe within my first year for reaching and passing my yearly quota; Selected to be part of User Acceptance team for RecruitMax at the Corporate Headquarters in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Downers Grove, Illinois

• Managed the recruiting staff in all locations including Downers Grove, IL, Dallas, TX, Minneapolis, MN and Teaneck, NJ.• Directed the recruiting staff in setting priorities and distributing the work load on a daily basis.• Worked with the staff to ensure hiring was in line with the company’s current and future business needs.• Negotiated all salaries and hourly rates for full-time employees and contractors.• Reviewed recruiters’ recommendations of candidates prior to recommending them to management for potential offers.• Performed the proper quality management, standards and procedures for any recruiting purposes.• Coached and mentored all members of recruiting team to help them be more efficient and productive.• Prepared all hiring recommendations for use by SRC management team.• Coordinated goals and objectives for annual, semi-annual and/or any special performance reviews for members of IT Resource department.• Responsible for hiring, terminating and promotions for department.• Informed and advised SRC management team on issues and concerns which were affecting the company morale and recruiting efforts.• Responsible for overall department objective and goals.• Responsible for the success of all job fairs attended.• Heavily recruited the following skills: SAP Technical and Functional, PeopleSoft technical and functional, Oracle, Client Server developers, Quality Assurance, Managers, and Technical Architects.Major Accomplishments: Redeveloped recruiting process; redeveloped recruiting methodology to fit the changes in the industry and company; developed recruiting training process; trained and coached recruiters; trained new office staff on all policies and procedures when we moved into new markets; won a trip to Orlando for bringing in the most new business in a quarter.